Week of 1/19 Games Thread

[Iloveorangekoolaid]

I’m going to be honest, I’d rather not play at Purdue when they coming off a loss without Kylan. I’d rather go into it with an us against the world mentality where nobody thinks we have a chance.

 

[PasadenaIllini]

27-15 Purdue over UCLA.

It isn't easy crossing three time zones to play on the left coast. It takes a ton out of players.

 

[derrick6]

Baylor’s NBA guy, James Nnaji has not attempted a shot in the last three games according to espn.com.

Really? Is that a bug in their system given the guy joining mid season?

 

[Piotyr]

Miami OH with another OT win, this time at Kent State.

Looking at Torvik, they will now be the favorite in their remaining games.

 

[WhereDoWeStandWithStorr?]

I’m going to be honest, I’d rather not play at Purdue when they coming off a loss without Kylan. I’d rather go into it with an us against the world mentality where nobody thinks we have a chance.

Rather give Purdont a loss in the conf standings.

 

[Iloveorangekoolaid]

Miami OH with another OT win, this time at Kent State.

Looking at Torvik, they will now be the favorite in their remaining games.

All that to lose in the first round in the conference tournament and the committee to be like “nah, we’re good”

 

[Iloveorangekoolaid]

Rather give Purdont a loss in the conf standings.

Trust me. I believe in that too. Either way is a win/win for me. It also would be a tad different if it wasn’t 18 teams with imbalanced schedules. But I can’t help but naturally cheer for UCLA watching the game

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Baylor’s NBA guy, James Nnaji has not attempted a shot in the last three games according to espn.com.

Really? Is that a bug in their system given the guy joining mid season?

I think it just turns out he's not that good, which is why he never made it to the NBA despite getting drafted and why he couldn't get playing time at Barcelona. His last stop before Baylor was at a Turkish team fighting relegation (i.e. they sucked) where he averaged 7.5 points and 4 rebounds a game.

 

[FeelYourPaign]

MSU up 14 with 5 remaining.
Oops, make it 16

Ball game

 

[Piotyr]

Baylor’s NBA guy, James Nnaji has not attempted a shot in the last three games according to espn.com.

Really? Is that a bug in their system given the guy joining mid season?

Since Nnaji joined the lineup, Baylor is 1-4 and in free fall.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Dent is so, so good. The problem is his three point shot is broken.

 

[Piotyr]

Dana Altman has won 20+ games each of the last 27 years he's coached, including every year he's been at Oregon.

I mention that because Oregon is going to be 8-11 with 12 games remaining on the schedule.

 

[derrick6]

Smith is going to abuse us

 

[NarrowJ]

Dent is so, so good. The problem is his three point shot is broken.

61% from the ft line too

 

[PleaseMakeABowlGame]

That was a very bad TO by dent. He’s played very well though.

 

[AyoDos11]

If Purdue survives yet another close game against a bottom half team I'll be so mad lol

Edit: UCLA's not actually in the bottom half of the standings but close enough

 

[ImGonnaBeILL]

Vandy gets smoked

Shocking I tell ya.

 

[Piotyr]

Iowa State woke up today, beating a bubble UCF team by 30.

 

[the juiceman cometh]

Dent is so, so good. The problem is his three point shot is broken.

He's had some good games, but overall very inefficient scorer this season. His 2pt% is also down, as is his FT%, and his eFG is .422 (as a note of comparison, Sencire Harris, noted non-shooter, has a career eFG of .429). He's had some games where he completely disappears, like a week ago vs Penn St where he shot 0-6 and scored zero points in 30 min. (to his credit he did have 5 assists, but also zero rebounds).

 

[kyillinifan]

To me the guy who will hurt us is CJ Cox.

 

[Piotyr]

To me the guy who will hurt us is CJ Cox.

If Cox is hurting you, you should probably get that checked out.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

He's had some good games, but overall very inefficient scorer this season. His 2pt% is also down, as is his FT%, and his eFG is .422 (as a note of comparison, Sencire Harris, noted non-shooter, has a career eFG of .429). He's had some games where he completely disappears, like a week ago vs Penn St where he shot 0-6 and scored zero points in 30 min. (to his credit he did have 5 assists, but also zero rebounds).

Today he’s been really good. Maybe just a getting up for every game thing.

16pts, 11ast right now. Problem is UCLA doesn’t have much without him, and can’t stop this lethal Purdont offense.

 

[BillyBob1]

Rutgers player on the floor holding his nads. Iowa is a dirty dirty team.

Who was the guilty party? Was there a foul called?

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

One point game.

C’mon UCLA….

 

[Piotyr]

Purdue-UCLA now a 1 point game with a minute left.

Too bad it's only on Peacock streaming.